Dynamic DNA cytosine methylation in the Populus trichocarpa genome: Tissue-level variation and relationship to gene expression

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Vining, Kelly J ^a   Pomraning, Kyle R ^a   Wilhelm, Larry J ^b   Priest, Henry D ^a   Pellegrini, Matteo ^c   Mockler, Todd C ^a,d   Freitag, Michael ^a   Strauss, Steven H ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

5 methylcytosine; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Epigenomics; Populus

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; CATKIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHLOEM; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENOME; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STRUCTURES; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA; TRANSPOSON; XYLEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

POPULUS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; POPULUS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855820359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-27     Document Type: Article

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